Two-piece four-in-hand necktie



May 28, 1935. M, H, MCWHIRTER TWO-PIECE FOUR-IN-HAND NECKTIE Filed July l0, 1934 R) ggf) JMW /wf Awmwvm/WN/ A TTORNEYS.

Patented May 28, 1935 UNITED'- STATE g Two-Pinon l"FOIJR-IN-HA.N'Dv NCKTI Mark jH. McWhirter, McCamey, Tex., assigner of one-half to Edwin G. Stafford, McCamey,

' l 1Application`July io, 1934, serial No. 734,536

. V1 claim. (c1. fag-155) This invention relates to 'a two-pieceffour-ine hand necktie.

It is desirable to make a four-in-hand necktie of a simple and efficient construction, as well as very attractive in appearance. Therefore, an object of this invention is to produce a two-piece four-in-hand necktie that shows one beautiful or attractive design throughout, with no interruption or break, because of my novel built-in structure of all of the units going to make up my improved device.

It is well known that the repeated tying and untying of a knot in the ordinary four-in-hand necktieV causes the scarf soon toi become wrinkled and stringy, not only by the successive formation of the knot, but by the necessity of sliding the relatively narrow end of the scarf through the knot in the operation of causing the neck encircling portion of the necktie and the knot, to snugly encircle andengage the neck of the wearer, hence it is an object of this invention to produce a necktie which, when it has been tied vby the individual wearer can be permitted to remain with the xed knot, merely by unfastening the two pieces, when it is desired to remove the tie, or quickly fasten the two pieces together when the necktie is placed in position bythe wearer.

Further, by my built-in structure, no unsightly parts are in evidence, the whole appearance of my improved article being as a single design of a beautiful and attractive configuration, pleasing to the eye, hence a ready seller.

In this beautiful necktie that I have produced, I also reinforce the parts, which increases the life of the tie, without presenting an interrupted design, or V.obvious spliced parts that may have been done in theV construction of ties prior to this invention.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, my invention comprises certain novel constructions, combinations and arrangements of parts as will be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and more particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawing:

adjusted and tied into a four-in-hand.

Figure 2 is a bottom plan view of the primary l 55 taken on line 5 5, Fig, 4.

ystrip I l.

Figure l is a perspective viewrof the necktie I Referring to the drawing by numerals, l designates the `primarydsection and@ the auxiliary section of my improved necktie. In actual practice these two sections appear as if they are more 0r less of a beautiful two-piece structure with- 5 out any interruption or disgurement, as with ordinary ties that are made up of distinctly separable orunited parts. In the primary section I the design runs through the tab 3,. at the inner end, which is stitched transversely 10 at 4, making a very strong structure; this tab 3 is provided with preferably the male section 5 of the snapifastener, whereby the two sections are detachably secured together. The female section 6 of the snap fastener is attached to 15 tab 1 which is stitched across at 8 to make a non-expansible tab, for carrying the female section 6. As seen in Fig. 4, the head 9 of the -female section 6 is in a pocket formed in the tab 1. This pocket 9 is practically a continu- 20 vation of pocket I 0 (Fig. 4) which is formed in the auxiliary sectionV for receiving the elastic The pocket portion of the auxiliary section has its ends designated by A and B,

Fig. 3. This pocket portion Il) is puckered 25 throughout its length between points A and This puckering is hardly seen upon casually viewing the necktie, but it allows expansion of the section 2 between points A and B of about one--thirdV or one-half of its normal length. 30 Of coursethe elastic piece built into the section is normally at rest or unexpanded; when unexpanded, then the part l2 of the necktie is puckered; when the rubber piece is expanded for the adjustment or fixing of the tie in place. then the puckered part is stretched to its normal condition or unpuckered. This puckered portion of the auxiliary section is longitudinally reinforced by a series of parallel lines of stitching I3, between points A and B. This makes a very desirable structure, assisting in increasing the life of the necktie. The auxiliary section is provided with longitudinally-extending stitching I4, beyond point B,- as shown in Fig. 3.

In the enlarged section shown in Fig. 5, I have illustrated the puckered pocket portion of the auxiliary section2 for better understanding the important structure thereof.

It is to be understood that while I have shown a snap fastener attaching the inner ends of the sections together, still other fastening means may be used on the unexpansible pads built into the primary and auxiliary sections.

The whole of the tie-the two sections-is of the same general appearance, or design, making a very beautiful eiect without any unsightly splicing or piecing since my novel built-in structure of the elements making up the tie are not apparent to the casual observer.

The user takes the two sections and fastens them together and then ties the desired knot, to suit his individual taste. Then by simply unfastening the contiguous ends, the necktie can be removed from the neck without disturbing the knot. Some users prefer a tight knot and others a loose knot, hence my eiicient invention permits the necktie to be adaptedv to the individual needs and taste. The puckered expansion pocket of the built-in construction herein described greatly simpliies the fastening and unfastening of the sections by giving desired length of the parts for eiiicient and expeditious opera-I tion. Y

While I have described the preferred embodiment of my invention and illustrated the same in the accompanying drawing, certain minor changes or alterations may appear to one skilled in the art to which this invention v.relates during theVV extensive manufacture of the same, and therefore, reserve the right to make such changes or alterations as shall fairly fall within the scope ofthe appended claim.

What I claim is:

As a, new article of manufacture, a two-piece four-in-hand necktie, comprising a primary section provided with a tab on its inner end, an auxiliary section provided with a tab on its inner end, said auxiliary section provided at the inner end ofV said tab with a puckered built-in pocket portion, a at elastic strip in said pocket portion, a series of parallel lines of stitching through 'said puckered Ypocket portion and nat elastic strip and extending longitudinally of the auxiliary section, said auxiliary section also provided with longitudinally extending reinforcing lines 'of stitching beyond the puckered pocket portion, and detachable fastening means on the contiguous Ifaces ofksaid tabs at the inner ends of said 20 sections; substantially as shown and described.

MARK H. MCWHIRTER. 

